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Men in the News
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MR. R. WHALLEY, general manager of Burnley. Caine and Nelson Transport Department, is to retire on March 31.
MR. A. E. BREWER has been re-elected chairman of the South Wales Area of the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. MR. A. T. Ctuviats is vice-chairman.
MR. J. ANDERSON, transport manager of Falkirk and District United Co-operative Societ y, has been appointed transport manager of Belfast Co-operative Society.
MR. K. W. P. KIRTON has been appointed assistant general manager of Ribble Motor Services. Ltd. He is at present traffic manager of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd.
MR. A. E. KITCHEN, deputy general manager and chief administrative officer of Leicester City Transport, is to retire at the end of the month. I-le has given the undertaking 48 years' service.
LORD BENNEIT OF EDGBASION, joint managing director of Joseph Lucas. Ltd.. has accepted the invitation of the British Productivity Council to be its first president. He was the first chairman of the B.P.C.
MR. W. G. BENNE1T has become special service representative of Smiths Motor Accessories, Ltd., to deal with the company's service schenne. MR. R. A. BEHN now represents the concern in south-eastern England. and MR. D. S. LovELL in north and east London.
MR. STUART DEACON, deputy traffic manager of United Automobile Services, Ltd.. at Darlington. has succeeded MR. H. G. BAKER as traffic manager of the concern. Mr. Baker, as reported in The Commercial Motor on February 18, has become general manager of Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Co., Lid, MR. L. Cl. PACK HAM has been appointed a director of C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd.
SIR PHILIP MAGNUS-ALLCROFT has been appointed a member of the West Midland Transport Users' Consultative Committee.
MR. CYRIL BURTON. senior traffic schedules clerk of Oldham Transport Department, has been appointed traffic assistant of Bolton Transport Department.
Mit. T. GRAY, transport supervisor of Crewe Co-operative Society, has been appointed transport manager 'of the Chesham, Wycombe and Tring Cooperative Society.
Ma. K. S. PAYNE. has been appointed a special representative to the motor industry in the south by Lintafoam, Ltd. He was previously with General Industrial Paints, Ltd.
TRACTOR FOR SHUNTING OR ROAD USE
A ITHOUGH specially designed for shunting railway. wagons, the new
Epping Auto-shunter can also be employed for normal haulage work on the road or other duties demanding the use of a powerful tractive unit.
F. E. Weatherall, Ltd., Union Row, London, N.I7, who have recently undertaken the manufacture of the vehicle, have introduced a muledozer attachment for it.
In the capacity of a shunter the tractor can deal with loads of up to 175 tons, It is mounted on pneumatic tyres and is designed so that it Can cross the tracks at right angles and, of course, it has to contend with sleepers when engaged in shunting.
Its specification includes a Fordson Major oil engine, and a gearbox providing six forward ratios and two in reverse.
SANCTION FOR CLYDE TUNNEL
SAN CTI ON has been given to Glasgow Corporation to proceed with the Whitehouse-Linthouse tunnel under the River Clyde. A single tunnel will be built at lirst and a second later. The cost of the initial project is about £31n.. and the Government have made a 75 per cent. grant.